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July 17, 1913. 



The Florists^ Review 



BEAN8, PEAS, RADISH ^^ 



AND ALL OARDKN SKKDS ^ ^m ff% ^^ \0 ■ 



1 E O W A^aJ wHXi« »T««***' """"cROWtRS FOR THE TRAD! 

 ** ONION SETS writ>torPric.. 



on an edition of 200,000 books for 1914. 

 Last season's postage bill was $24,- 

 058.19, while $30,972.53 was paid for 

 labor. 



THE FIBST HABBISII BULBS. 



The first shipment of the season of 

 Harrisii bulbs from Bermuda reached 

 New York July 7 in the following con- 

 signments: 



Consignee. 

 Crossmond, S. D., & Co. 



Plerson, F. U., Co 



Vaughan's Seed Store... 



Cases. 

 , .. 59 

 . . . 149 

 , .. 152 



Tottl 360 



PAGE'S PLANT'S PBOSPEBITT. 



It is said that the establishment of 

 which Charles N. Page is the head did 

 a business this season amounting to 

 $487,000, with approximately 207,000 or- 

 ders. 



The Iowa Seed Co., Des Moines, was 

 organized just twenty-five years ago, 

 and in its first year did a business of 

 $28,000, but the real start was in 1865, 

 when George A. Jewett opened a small 

 seed store. S. L. Fuller bought it in 

 1870 and continued it until 1878, when 

 he sold out to C. W. Dorr. Mr. Dorr 

 was succeeded by E. T. Pierce, M. 

 Kurtzweil and Charles N. Page, oper- 

 ating under the corporate title. In 

 1908 J. N. Albright, Geo. L. Kurtzweil 

 and F. H. Page were admitted to inter- 

 ests in the company. In addition to 

 its store and warehouse the company 

 also has a greenhouse establishment 

 representing an investment of $30,000, 

 seven new houses having recently been 

 added. At Altoona a farm of 120 acres 

 is operated and over 1,000 acres are 

 under seed crop on contract. 



LIMITATIONS IN ADAPTATION. 



"Any careful observer can not have 

 failed to notice the material difference 

 often seen in the character of plants 

 of the same species, and even of the 

 same garden variety, when grown on 

 different soils and exposures, and that 

 one plant will reach its most attractive 

 and useful development where another, 

 possibly of the same species, and even 

 supposedly of the same variety, will 

 develop but poorly," said W. W. Tracy, 

 formerly with D. M. Ferry & Co., but 

 now iuvthe U. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture, in a recent address at Boston. 

 "I think ft needs no further discussion 

 to show that in order to secure the most 

 satisfactory results in quantity and 

 form, we must plant seed which is not 

 only uniformly of the varietal forms 

 which will be most satisfactory but 

 which has been so grown as to be the 

 most perfectly adapted to that particu- 

 lar climate and soil, and for the par- 

 ticular use for which it was planted. 

 We think this is not universally prac- 

 ticed by even our most careful planters. 

 Growers from Maine to Florida depend 

 upon California for their lettuce seed. 

 The Boston grower who forces a crop 

 in midwinter uses seed grown in the 

 same California fields as that used by a 

 Norfolk or Florida planter for an out- 

 door crop. If the variety and the stock 

 was the best possible for use in one 

 set of conditions it can hardly be the 

 best possible for the other. We have 

 found that by growing lettuce seed un- 

 der glass we were enabled to select and 

 breed from plants which did much bet- 

 ter inside than otherwise equally good 

 and carefully selected plants grown in 



DIRECT 

 IMPORTATIONS 



Fall and Spring Shipments 



Valley Pips. Berlin and Hamburg grades 

 Azal«a*, Palms, Bays, etc., from Belgium 

 Baaonla, Qloxinia Bulbs. Dec. shipment 

 Boxwood, Rosss, etc , from Boskoop, Holland 

 INaplos^Planss, etc.. from Oudenbosch, Holland 

 Fruit and Omamontal Stocks 'from France 

 Ensllsh ManottI, Japansso Llllos, etc. 

 Raffia. Red Star and three other brands 



McHUTCfflSON & CO.™Ho^l?" 



17 Murray St., NEW YORK 



Watoh for oar Trade Mark Stamped 

 on every brick of Lambert's 



Pure Culture Mushroom Spawn 



Sabetltntlon of cheaper grradee is tliaa 



easily exposed. Fresh sample brick, 



^,,*i»">^^ with illustrated book, mailed postpaid 



^p, C^^ by manufacturers upon receipt of 40 



^^^^^^^ cents in postage. Address 



Trade Mark. Ancfkaa SpawD Co., St Paul, Minn. 



E. E. STEWART 



Grower of Choice Gladioli 

 for the Wholesale Trade 



BROOKLYN, MICH. 



Waldo Rohnert 



GILBOT, CAL. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Specialties: Lettaoe. Onion, Sweet Pbsi, kitm, 

 Ooamos. Mignonette. Verbena. In Ta(iet7< 

 Correspondence solicited, 



Pieters-Wheder Seed Company 



Palo Alto, :: California 



Growers of High Grade Seeds 



Onion, Radish, Lettuce, 

 Sweet Peas, etc. 



Correspondenco SoUcltod, 



Routzahn Seed Co. 



ARROYO GRANDE, GAL. 



SWEE^pPfiA and NASTURTIUM 

 SPECIALISTS 



Wholesale firrowers of full lists of FLOWER and 

 GARDEN SEEDS 



Western Seed & Irrigation Co. 



Seed Growers and Dealers 



Specialties: 



Cucumber, Musk aud Watermelon, 



PiimpkiQ, Squash. Sweet and Field Corn. 



FREMONT, NEB. 



GLADIOLI 



Stock frowlni well. Many choice varieties. 

 A. H. AUSTIN CO., Wayland, Ohio 



AlT^aya mention the Florists' Review 

 when wrltinK advertisers. 



Mention The Kerlew wncu jwu wnt*. 



H. FRANK DARROW 



F. O. Box ItSO 

 26 BareUj St.. NKW yORK 



VaDif (nb Giid itiraie fir iBaefiate ikipBMl 



Importer of 



Aialeas, Palms, Bay Trtoi 



and all other Beldan Plants. Lily of the Vallw 

 of the finest Berlin and Hambort brands. 



Jipanese, Iflollaad an4 french Bdbi 



PRBNCH and BNQLISH 

 PRUIT and ORNAMENTAL STOCKS 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



Fall Bulbs and Seeds 



For Summer Sowing 



Send for Price List 



F. O. FRANZEN 



147S Summerdele Ave., CHICAOO 



Wholesalers, Notice! 



We still have a surplns of our Hlffh Quality 

 Sweet Pea Seed at Farm Prices. The best (U 

 Winter-flowering Spencers. Unwin and Qrandl' 

 flora varieties. Write direct to 



S. Bryson Ayres Co. 



Sweet Pea Farm, Sanay Slope, INDQ>»DENCC.Ma 



August. Rolker & Sons 



import for tbe trade only: AzaleaSt 



Palms, Rhododendrons, Bay Trees, RoseA 



Lilacs. Holland and Japan Bulbs, 



Lily of the Valley, etc. 



P. 0. Box 752, Of 31 Baiday Street, NEW YOg 



BURNETT BROS. 



SEEDS :: BULBS :: PLANTS 

 72 Corttandt St., MXW YORK CITT 



